Series editors' preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. The place of vocabulary in language assessment -- 2. The nature of vocabulary -- 3. Research on vocabulary acquisition and use -- 4. Research on vocabulary assessment -- 5. Vocabulary tests: four case studies -- 7. Comprehensive measures of vocabulary -- 8. Further developments in vocabulary assessment -- References -- Index
Summary
This volume presents a framework that expands the traditional concept of a vocabulary test to cover a range of procedures for assessing the vocabulary knowledge of second language learners. The book includes: -- a comprehensive review of research related to vocabulary assessment in the fields of second language aquisition and language testing; -- case studies of vocabulary measures with a critical evalutaion; -- discussion of new directions for vocabulary assessment, including computerised corpus analysis
